Thursday, May 17, 2012
Literature
Tolkien Responds to Questions of Race from Nazi Germany
"if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject, which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride." -Tolkien
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ithilien said: Tolkien, gotta love him. Another favorite quote of mine is from Kurt Schwitters, famous German found object artist. When asked if he would jury an exhibition of paintings of nazi officers, he said, "Do you want me to hang them or should I just back them against the wall (i.e.shoot them.) he left germany soon after.
User13224 said: Ok all of you are crazy, this is beautifully written letter, so you say there was no Hitler, funny b/c there are about 6 million PEOPLE that would beg to differ if they were not murdered by Hitler
nilcos nalkina said: America is the new nazi germany. In fact Hitler was an American who had on a latex mask. Hitler was an american. America has been promoting Race issues in every this from movies to publications in the news. The jews was killed by Americans....and still are......
jeff replied to nilcos nalkina : what?
Technokat replied to nilcos nalkina : Put down the Kool-aid, and step away from the computer. On second thought...drink it.
User12955 replied to nilcos nalkina : Hitler wasn't an American in a latex mask, you tool. In fact there was no Hitler. America fabricated the Nazis AND the war and started the History Channel so we would think it was real.
blarney replied to nilcos nalkina : nilcos, don't confuse documented history with your uninformed opinions. I'd bet that you have never been to America, and don't know any Americans. I think that you are jealous of Americans.
blarney replied to nilcos nalkina : nilcos, don't confuse documented history with your uninformed opinions. I'd bet that you have never been to America, and don't know any Americans. I think that you are jealous of Americans.
LovesToSpooge said: @User122550 Probably because he has more intelligence, wit, humour and class. Google them.
Technokat said: I think he used all the words he needed to use effectively.
Snook said: He would have despised twitter
User12550 said: Yes he could not even say *** OFF in a couple of sentences.